Ernest Albert Coxhead was an English-born architect, active in the United States.
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Ernest Coxhead was trained in the offices of several English architects and attended the Royal Academy and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, both in London.
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Ernest Coxhead moved to California where he was the semi-official architect for the Episcopal Church.
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At the beginning of his career, Ernest Coxhead focused on designing churches, primarily in the Gothic Revival style.
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Ernest Coxhead was involved in the emergence of the Arts and Crafts style in California.
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Ernest Coxhead succeeded in designing residences that incorporated the elements and character of the English country house - shingled, Arts and Crafts style English Vernacular Cottages that combined elements from different periods for dramatic effect.
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Ernest Albert Coxhead was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, the fourth of six children of William Coxhead, a retired schoolmaster.
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At the age of 15 Ernest became articled to civil engineer George Wallis.
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Ernest Coxhead moved with his older brother, Almeric William Sylvester Ernest Coxhead, to Los Angeles, California in 1886, where he established an independent practice, and soon secured commissions to design several Episcopal Churches in Southern California.
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Ernest Coxhead moved to San Francisco and opened the Coxhead and Coxhead office in 1890, with Almeric as his business partner.
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In 1893 his Episcopal Church client, Bishop William Kip, died and Ernest Coxhead started to concentrate on residential work.
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Ernest Coxhead's residences include townhouses in San Francisco and large homes in Palo Alto, Alameda, and Berkeley.
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From 1918 to 1919, Ernest Coxhead went to LeMans, France, to organize and direct the American Expeditionary Force's University School of Architecture, established by John Galen Howard, for members of the United States armed forces stationed in France.
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Ernest Coxhead was appointed Chief of the University Extension Field Work of the Fine Arts Department at the University School of Architecture in Beaune, France.
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Ernest Coxhead returned to the United States and lived in Berkeley until his death in 1933.